But actually, I would really love it if we could get rid of this
version.lst file. Surely we can put this information, if it has to be
hardcoded somewhere, in the same minor.mk that already contains
version information (and which, unlike this file, actually has been
kept updated by us).
Or alternatively, get rid of minor.mk and use just this file.
Best of all would be to just use the version number from the AC_INIT
in configure.in, wouldn't it? Isn't that the normal thing to do?
Also, I don't see what hardoced version timestamps as in this file are
useful for. If such a timestamp corresponds one-to-one with a version
number, the information clearly is redundant? A *build* timestamp is
another thing, that might be more useful if file timestamps or package
timestamps don't give enough information.
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